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by eruditely 3839 days ago
http://andrewgelman.com/2015/12/17/gathering-of-philosophers...

Andrew Gelman is the author of the most popular of the advanced "Bayesian Data analysis" text and is considered the standard.

He says false, bayesian falsificationism is better than confirmation theory and deborah mayo founder of error statistics essentially agrees with him.

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The linked paper of Gelman is a really good read on Bayesian thinking in philosophy of science:

http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/phil...